15 Suspicious Packages That Were Definitely Not Explosives

Reports of suspicious packages are common across the United States. Police take all reports seriously — as they should — and they look into every unmanned briefcase or wayward box. More often than not, abandoned gym bags just wind up being lost gym bags. Here are 15 fairly recent suspicious package reports from alert citizens that became great stories to share at the local precinct.

1. Like a rock
On September 5, a suspicious package in Montana turned out to be a bunch of duct tape around a brick of Styrofoam.

2. Beans, please
Also on September 5, a suspicious package in Utah turned out to be a cardboard tube filled with dried beans.

3. Look at the box. Now back at me.

On August 31, a suspicious package in Pennsylvania turned out to be a cooler with a stick of Old Spice deodorant in it.

4. Rocking out
On August 9, a suspicious package in Massachusetts turned out to be a cassette player and some wires.